How Much Money YouTube Pays Me As A Travel Vlogger 

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Thanks a lot!

Sweet I appreciate that. It seems like a lot of vloggers have VPN sponsors or at the very least put some affiliate links. I use a VPN too so it could make sense for me at some point! Thanks

Hey Kenny, yea the first month was all from Thailand content so I had those USA, UK, Australia and EU viewers mostly. Since then it went down since I don't get many of those viewers now, but the views are really picking up so it's starting to make up for the difference in CPM. Thanks my friend

Yea the language is important for sure. The next biggest factor is definitely video length, those longer videos get way more watch time and so the CPM ends up being much more in my experience

@@benfishermin technically it would be correlating to the number of ads that can be fit into one video, where longer video can have more ads in that video , hence each longer video can potentially get more revenue (provided that people continue watching throughout the length, which is why great youtubers are expert in audience retention hence watch time)

​@@SaifuddinRehan Yep, longer video = more ads = higher RPM, so I always shoot to make longer videos. A 60 minute video where people watch 15 minutes ends up being better than a 10 minute video even if people watch nearly the whole thing. Maybe the algorithm will push the 10min video more because of higher % retention but I find RU-vid values actual minutes watched nearly as much, since they can show more ads.

Yea I'm pretty happy about the earnings, it's tough to live on that minimum wage amount here for sure

For Msian if u hv usd1k its already ok, u can live handsomely😊

Thanks a lot my friend I hope so too!

You can just call me Tenacious B

@@benfishermin lololol, horrendous attempt of a joke. 🤪. Ur not chunky enough to derive from, Tenacious. Ha!

Thanks a lot I appreciate it!

Nice to hear that thank you!

Yes, a very polite content n genuine.

Thanks a lot Jon I appreciate it!

I'm an open book mate

Great I’m glad you enjoyed it 🙏

No problem thanks man!

I agree, my plan is to do extended versions + extra videos on Patreon on the future and having the RU-vid versions be shorter!

Yea it's not great the cut they take. No problem I don't mind sharing

Glad you're enjoying it, and thanks a lot :D

Thanks brother

Thanks I appreciate that. People on the poll I posted seem to really want Vietnam too which is nice to see, because that's where I want to go most from the list. Even though views could be lower I'm just gonna have to try and see how it goes

@@benfishermin so you’re implying that the locations really matter ? My channel cannot reach further than Viet Nam, that’s pretty bad

@@ngatravelvlog Yea it makes a huge difference. As soon as I came to Malaysia and made a first impressions of Kuala Lumpur video, it got around 20k views which is way more than my Thailand videos. And immediately I had around 80% viewers from Malaysia, since they all speak english and can understand my content well. My videos in Thailand I get about 5%-10% Thai viewers only, because they just don't understand what I'm saying as well, so they either exit the video or they don't even click on it. That's why countries like Malaysia, Philippines, or India can be huge to grow the subscribers and views, since it's a huge population and english speaking, and those audiences love watching foreigners in their country, especially native-english speakers. But I never change my own home location in my account, it's always set to United States. So mostly it matters the location you're making the videos. Also in Bali I had much lower views in general and very low audience from Indonesia, since it's also not a huge speaking population.

Thanks a lot

Nice thanks I appreciate it!

@@benfishermin same here, watching from Canada.

I go for hotels in the $15-$25 range always. Most important is that there's a comfortable working desk. I find a lot of my audience is not so interested in tattoos but I may end up doing something like that in East Malaysia. Thanks

Yea I'm happy about that!

Thanks for the nice words, 100k by the end of the year would be NICE, let's shoot for the moon right?

I'm excited to check out east Malaysia very soon, thanks a lot!

@@benfishermin u r welcome. Two third of Malaysia's Christian population lives in East Malaysia. East Malaysia has little different rules and administration approach compare to west Malaysia. Careful or be considerate when taking West Malaysia expectations or identity to East Malaysia. East Malaysia is a different vibe especially for road sign and education. Very very very small amount of Malaysian Indian due to the background history. You would be surprised. ♥️👍visiting different vibe from different historical background of the East and West Malaysia.

Thanks mate. It definitely seems the RPM is all over the place with my videos, some is $1 and some closer to $2. I do believe that KL videos versus more smaller town areas give a higher RPM, and Penang too gives a good RPM. I did a Malaysia vs USA quality of life video which is about $1.7 RPM, and when I put Thailand in the title for a comparison type video it also gets close to $2 RPM. At this point I'm happy just to get closer to $2 than $1, I do miss the RPM in Thailand which was more like $5-$9 because of so many US viewers and Aus/UK/EU. What are you earning per 1000 views for your stuff in Malaysia?

Thanks I'm curious to see too, I think at least the views will be quite high in the Philippines, probably similar earnings per 1000 views as Malaysia though, let's see

Philippines I will definitely have to visit very soon, I know the english speaking audience will be huge as well, and Manila especially brings a lot of views. Indonesia I'm very interested in exploring more of as I have only spent time in Bali. Very curious about Bandung, Yogyakarta, Lombok. Even though it's not an english speaking audience I would really like to go, especially since the summer/dry season is just starting.

​@@benfisherminyou could do very well if you try India and Indonesia..the tips is praised more and don't talk negative about them in fact the other places also do react quite similar you just need to make yourself likeable

Yea crazy right? With the Buy Me A Coffee donation it's way less fee, around 5% from them + Stripe fee which is a few %, but this is far better! Still your donations were very helpful anyways so much appreciated.

Thanks

Notice what happened to your Songkran video? Every other Songkran video was a big success for other youtubers but yours is stuck with the Malaysian viewers who have no interest in other cultures.

Yea that's just how things work, it's part of travel vlogging. The Songkran video I posted was not great, very low effort and it still made $20 with only 2,000 views.

Sure we gotta make it happen

That's true, thanks for the ideas!

Sweet thanks a lot for the nice comment my friend

Yea for me it's huge, a big % of my total income still so I'm very happy

@@benfishermin Wonderful. 😁

That's what I'm thinking, this kind of video should be a much higher RPM since it's more finance / make money niche! Let's see, I'll be doing these every few months if that's the case

Thanks

Just in the description here you go buymeacoffee.com/benfishermin - thanks a lot Tommy!

Thanks for the comment

I think only a very small % will watch and they'll mostly watch when I come back to Malaysia. Maybe certain countries they'll tune in but somewhere like Thailand they are not exactly fond of the culture so I think they won't watch

​​​​@@benfisherminu were right, bcos some philipinos want to know much about news content in Msia as their comrades many working in Msia.

@@kamrulz659 Interesting, maybe philippines and malaysia viewers will watch videos from each others country, since they're neighbors too

The thing is that I already have the iPhone. It’s carrier locked to the US so I just use it as a camera. The pixel has the exact same water resistance as the iPhone 13 Pro Max, they are rated the exact same in that regard, it’s called an IP68 rating which mean it can go underwater for up to 30 minutes up to 6 meters. But that doesn’t mean you should do that and it’s still possible to damage either phone, especially if the water has salt or dirt in it, although it will usually be just fine. I just can’t see realistically selling my iPhone to get a Pixel since I only use it for a camera, and my main phone for actual use is an Android. But I’m not a mega apple fan either, I just happen to have this phone already and I’m happy the camera + mic is quite good on it. The next upgrade like you said will be the DJI, either the osmo pocket or the action. The osmo pocket looks really solid too

Yea I feel you, I don't know I'll ever get another iPhone at this point. That osmo pocket 4 looks incredible, watching some vloggers review it seems like it's so good, and the internal mic is strong too. Only problem like you said is it's not so durable and not water proof. Can't wait to get this or the action cam.

Yea way higher!

Buy Me A Coffee is better, way less fees and can be paid out to the bank account weekly. For the super thanks donations through RU-vid it's added to the earnings and much higher fee to RU-vid/Apple

The video where I put NYC in the title had around $2 RPM which is definitely better than $1

@@benfishermin i am guessing it improved the algorithm too.

I’m guessing it’s audience specific. Thailand content gets more western audience simply because of name recognition

It depends on where the viewer is located, and the niche that you're in mostly. It can change based on the title and video content but more than anything it's the viewers location + niche.

Yea it's all taxable income and needs to be claimed as self-employment income. I have a tax person which files for me to make it easy and do the deductions/expenses properly.

@@benfishermin very sensible Ben.

Oops I should have made it more clear, you can film on the iPhone that won't matter but if the person donating used an Apple device while making the donation then Apple will get the cut. I use the iPhone 13 Pro Max for all of the filming for now, until I get a DJI camera is the plan. And yea I have an Android phone which I carry as well and use for hotspot to my US carrier locked iPhone. I shoot in 1080p so it could be even better with 4K, but the files are just too big and the editing lags too much on my laptop, so I just do 1080p. Yea the hotel in Penang is beautiful and way out of my actual budget lol, highly recommended though.

@@benfishermin Thanks 4 info. If i buy u a coffee on my apple laptop, then they take 30%....

@@lizcarlyle2477 Buy Me a Coffee it's much better only like 5% fee + Stripe fee to get paid out is another few %, so much better than super thanks through RU-vid!

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Nope the amount they pay is based on where the viewer is located and the niche you're in. They pay much higher for someone in the US for example because the advertisers pay way more, they show different ads to them. Since the salary and likelihood of them buying something is much higher, they can pay more for those viewers.

@@benfishermin If like that, we should start to watch your video using VPN n set up the location as Kuwait since Kuwait hv the highest currency even compared to US or EU. Hence, the ads would pay more if u view from there. lol

I should have clarified better that it only matter what device the person is using that donates. So if they donate on their iPhone / Macbook / iPad to me then Apple takes the cut

Apple takes a cut of the person donating uses an Apple phone, it won't matter if I use an iPhone or not. Nope I don't need to do a video on the hotel since they didn't want to pay, I just needed to mention it.

It just depends which country the user is located in. It won't change based on where I am personally only the viewer. Yea in Thailand I have 5%-10% Thai viewership and in Malaysia 80%+ Malaysia viewers because of the language

​@@benfisherminso does that mean for example westerners from USA are more interested in videos about Thailand than Malaysia? My worth to you as a viewer is higher now I'm watching from Australia rather than when I was watching you from Thailand? It's very interesting. I have premium RU-vid so that's another factor but the where I'm watching from is very interesting. Does the number of subscribers add value to you or only the number of views per video?

​@@AuntyJack123 Yea Thailand got extremely popular now with westerners, both for trips and also moving there. Malaysia is still more of an underrated and lesser traveled place for us compared to Thailand. And since Thailand is way less english speaking, I just don't get much of a Thai audience there. Yea should be higher value now watching from Aus compared to Thailand for sure. If someone watches who has youtube premium we get some $ amount too, otherwise it's if someone actually clicks an ad, we don't get anything if someone just watches it through. Views actually matter much more than subscribers in the end. More subscribers can mean more views of course but not always, so sometimes it's more of a vanity metric, but it does have value when it comes to sponsorships, since a lot of companies value subscriber count more than they really should. A lot of channels build a huge subscriber count with shorts which doesn't translate at all to more views on long-form content. Actually it can hurt views because those subscribers from shorts don't end up watching the long-form videos, so youtube takes it as people not being interested and then shows to less people. So you end up seeing people with 50k+ subscribers getting less views than me for example since they built their subs with shorts

@@benfishermin thanks Ben for the explanation. I'm glad it helps I have premium plus viewing from Australia. Perhaps with the changes, especially re taxation, in Thailand more people will see what a gem Malaysia is.

I believe if someone is using a VPN and clicks an ad it will count from the country the VPN is based in yea

You're right I should at least start throwing some basic words into the mix, it could help a lot. Thanks

​@@benfisherminIn Msia we normally mixed around english n malay words together esp in communicating with one another.Good try to make content in mixed language😊

Start a RU-vid channel!

Ha yea it could be higher, I guess I just need to 10x the views to make up for it

My next phone will probably be an android to be honest

I'll be spending some time there soon and making content for sure

I'm sure some do yea, but even those who don't RU-vid just doesn't pay much for Malaysian viewers/clicks

@@benfishermin not "some" thats for sure